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< * 4 THE HIM TEIEGM PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING AND TWICE A WEEK BY THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISH ING COMPANY. 563 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GA. 0. R. PENDLETON, President THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA. Tha Talagraph can ba found on aala at tha Kimball Houaa and tha Piad- mont Hotal In Atlanta. MAS THE COUNTRY EDITOR DE GENERATED? Tha Columbia, S. C., Record laments that tha adltorlal columns of most country newspapers In that State are weak. The Spartanburg, S. C., Herald, commenting on this, says “the charge may ba true, that they are not as strong editorially as they used to be. However, tha country editors hold def inite opinions on tha question# of the Say, but being practical printers, they dervote too much tltne to tha mechanical department of their offices. The in come of the average weekly la often Insufficient to employ the necessary help and pay living wages, and as a result the editor has to be the 'handy man’ about the office, doing everything from sweeping the floor to pulling the hand press end setting up pie out of the hell box to get aorta for tha per sonal column." . Wa hava not noticed any degenera tion In the ranks of the country editors of Georgia, If Indeed we have country editors In the Empire State of the South any more. We are reliably, 1f Indirectly, Informed by many of our correspondents In south Georgia local ities which have sprung up too sud denly to get on the map or to have local organs that "our city" or "our town,’ as the case may be, has grown up too rapidly to wait on the census report and wo take It from this that all the places In this Stale where news papers nro published are rather metro politan than rural In their atmosphere. Rut speaking of the country editor as applied to States like South Carolina where the people do not move so fast. Is It true, and If true, why should It be. that "the editorial columns of country newspapers are not as strong as they used to be?” It Is not enough to say that the country editor has to do the chore*. look after the "hell box,” dis tribute the type, write the editorials, gather the news, set up the matter, pull the hand press and all, because this Is ruchlng new for him. He formerly did this and much more, and took one or more days off each week In the sum mer to fish", and still reached his pat rons on publication day with strong, rock-ribbed, orthodox editorial opin ions on the uppermost political Issue or most absorbing news events of the week. The "country” has not always held, hut it has always produced the "strongest" editor and it has never proved a handicap to him that be was weaned a6 "the devil” on printer’s ink or picked his first acquaintance with the alpha bet and public affairs out of the "case" while he earned his dally bread. The deterioration In thecountry newspaper office therefore. If there Is any dete rioration, does not arise from the hard lines of the country editor. He can still get up his paper and have his day off to fish. The change more probably arises from the fact that few if any renders now have to wait on the coun try weeklies for their news or opinions. The dally newspaper goes everywhere; It threshes out public topics of Interest every twenty-four hours, and the coun try editor, if he did write and print elaborate editorials, must needs expe rience chagrin to find them grow stale before they enn reach the eves of tTie public. If he Is very ambitious he lights out for the city, where there is always "room at the top;” if he prefers an easy time, fun nnd fishing to hard work anil plenty of It. he sticks to his country weekly, becomes an Influential citizen and goes to the Legislature when he wants a change. those shrewd educated Indians were concerned In this, although they were i \ reported to be in harmony with the ! WHAT’S THE USE? In the course of his remarkable and much-quoted Harrisburg >peech Pres ident Rjoseveit said: "We need, ; "Southern element" where the negro | • through Judicial Interpretation and j question was concerned 1 * construction of law. to Increase the Railroads and other corporations will | j power of the Federal Government. If j have to walk a chalked line In Okla- we fall thus to increase it, we show j homa or keep out of that State—which our Impotence.” With the same pur-| latter course may be pursued rather pose in view he afterward explicitly \ more often than the Oklahomans will declared. "Whatever can be safely left i find t0 their advantage. The provision to the States should be left to them, | for takin e any °r ail of these up-to- but where the Interests of the nation j dat ® regulations out renuire action on the part of the Fed { “The Laad of the Long-Leaf Pine”:: M-M I ’M H'H I M-I-M-t-H-H H* eral authorities such action should not be withheld on the grounds of mere abstract theory." That the first President who ever re ferred to the Constitution as "mere abstract theory,’’ the first who ever discussed the disposal or withdrawal of the constitutional rights of the States from the seeming assumptloa that they are already nothing more than mere Federal districts—that such a revolutionary President should bo sharply criticised is inevitable, and, in deed. is desirable. In his speech at Charleston on March 10, Col. G. B. M. Harvey, of New York, described the object and attitude of the President thus revealed as “In flat vio lation of a. solemn compact." as "frank ly derisive of the binding force of con- tracual obligations,” and as "based upon the false and dangerous assump tion that it is the national, and not the States, that possesses the right to give or take away.” Said Col. Harvey: "One overpowering question now con fronts the American people. Shall they rule themselves, or shall they be ruled? Shall their sovereignty continue to be popular, however Inadequate, or be come paternal, however beneficial? Shall It be a Government of the people or by the people, a Government based upon principle, or a Government re lying upon expediency? We are told by those now In executive authority that the 'time has come when the great body of citizens, convinced of the es- sentlai Inadequacy of-that original pol icy to meet the requirements of new condition, demand that tho Federal Government be vested with plenary power. Secretary Root marked,the ten dency and President Roosevelt not only accepts but. reaches eagerly for the re sponsibility.” It Is Indeed a momentous question that confronts ' the ■ American people, but comparatively few of them realize It, or seem to realize It. Too many of them seem not to know that ’ the battle for State rights has been In progress for a century, arfd that the Democratic party established by Jef ferson held in cheek the opposing forces of centralization. The people are told that the present opposition to proposed unheard of Federal en croachments on the rights of the States Is merely the result of capitalistic In fluences, and In such times as these they are only too reajy to believe such assertions. Moreover, by too many of them the popular Roosevelt is valued above -the Constitution itself. It comes to this, therefore, -that criticism of our revolutionary chief executive, however deserved, pointed and convincing, is practically non-ef fective, so far as the masses of the people are concerned. It is almost useless to oppose. The conditions must grow worsa before they can grow bet ter. of the funda mental law by a simple majority vote may be found valuable at a later day. However that may be, other States will watch the Oklahoma experiment with great interest and no doubt also with profit. AFTER STRANGE GODS. Woodrow Wilson's appreciation of the ex-President on the seventieth an niversary of his birth (March IS) con tains this passage: "Mr. Cleveland consented to be left by a party which had shiften from the Immemorial ground of Democratic principle and practice In matters of finance. His isolation led to the pain ful results which always follow such breaches. He retired from office amid a storm of obloquy and misrepresenta tion; but time has brought about its healing and its revenges. The mis representation has not entirely cleared away; it could not in a single genera tion, when once such fires of passion ate feeling had been kindled, but it is no longer a mist in the eye of the peo ple. Their old admiration for the man, their old confidence in his utter. hon esty and fiitegrity, their love for his downright^itterances and clear sense of right, their belief in his homely wis dom. have returned with an added force and enthusiasm, because of their consciousness of the deep injustice they had for a while done him In their own misinformed thought. He Is haile'd wherever he goes with as eager a wel come and with as keen a zest for what he has to s^y, as is the more piquant Chief Magistrate himself.” Mr. Cleveland has always enjoyed the complete respect of thoughtful men, but we doubt if he is much more re vered by the crowd in and out of his party now than he was when he sur rendered the reins of Government to his successor. He belongs to a period in American politics that is of the past, and as dis tinct from the present as the period of the Judges in Israel was distinct from that of the Kings. Israel wearied of mere Law and demanded a king, and after the kings came other idols began to -be lifted up on every high place. Likewise the American people appear to be tired of the reign of law and the old ideals and seem to demand the rule of men, with the inevitable accompani ment of new ideals and new idols. (By C. R. P.) About sixty-five or seventy years ago there was published in Macon a liter ary monthly known as The Southern Ladies' Book, owned and edited by Philip C. Pendleton. It was moved to Savannah, th4nce to Charleston and the name changed to The Magnolia. The best Southern Jiterary talent of that day contributed to its columns. Speaking of the pines—the fast dis appearing pines—a subject foremost now in many minds—here follows a little poem from The Magnolia by Dr. E. M. Pendleton, of Sparta'—quite a young man then—which is a song and a prophecy: The Land of the Long Leaf Pine. (By Dr. E. M. Pendleton.) Have you been to the land of the long leaf pine. The land of the cypres 1-1 1-1 I | Caught on the Wing ■H-l M l 1 H-H-M -H-M I 1 M l t-H-h By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET. The Floyd Rifles, "wreathed around with glory," and with "fame sung by poets, penned by sages," will revisit the scene where this company camp ed in 1861, preparatory to engaging in the bloody drama in which It so bravely and nobly acted Its pant, and with chlvalrlc bearing heroically charged where— “The clang of arms. groan of the Rifles presented Mr. Drew with another medal,-which he proudly wears ns a watch charm. Mr. Henry G. Da vis, the first winner of the medal, also has the distinction of having won it three times, but not three years suc cessively. Thomas Hardeman Jr., succeeded B. F. Rosy as captain of the Rifles in 1S36. When South Carolina seceded, on December 20. 1S60. Capt. Hardeman was in Washington city serving as a member of Congress. A few days later great excitement was aroused over the burning of Fort Moultrie, In Charles ton harbor by the Federal troops. First Lieut. William H. Ross was in com mand of the Rifles during Capt. Har deman’s stay in Washington. Lieut. R^ss. in conjunction with the officers I of the other volunteer companies of j Macon, telegraphed to Gov. Joseph E Brown, asking him "if he would sanc tion the movement of Georgia volun teers going to the aid of South •Caro lina." The Governor replied: “I w/. Your first duty is to Georgia. The shriek of agony, the death. In one wild uproar, shook the air.” In August 1907. the Rifles, forty- | no ' t ' j eight strong, under command of their j s-uih Carolina is able at present to j gallant captain, W iiliam L. Staff, will take care of herself You may be leave for Norfolk, Va., and the James- needed at home Very soon." At 2 Exposition. On April 20tli, j o’clock p. m. January 19. 1861. Geor gia seceded. War was imminent. The Rifles tendered their Jervices for any town 1S61, forty-six years ago. this pany left Macon for Norfolk and in a short time was encamped upon what is now the site of the Jamestown Ex position. What a remarkable coin cidence after so long a flight of time! The trip in 1907 will be one of recrea tion and pleasure—taken amid the sunshine of peace and happiness; the journey in 1861 was made in defense of home and liberty, while the echoes of the guns of Ft. Sumter were rever- the still l berating through the land, and the J lightnings of passion were flashing, and the thunders of rage were rolling, and the whole heavens were dark with the angry clouds of war. The Rifles of 1907 will witness the great est military pageant this country has ever seen. The Rifles of 1S61 were participants in the most fearful car nage the world has ever known. The Rifles of 1907 will see the greatest Tis a solemn time for the traveler ‘ ™val or escent times. The then, the Holly and vine? Where the waters are clear and the skies are bright, N And the gloomiest hour Is twilight? Have you passed through the shades of the dark green trees Of a clear, cold night and heard the wild breeze As it comes like the sound of the dis tant roar Of the billowy tread on the lone sea shore? the details of the Floyd Rifles' eonnec-. tion with the war. It g.U its tlrit real experience In the siege of Rich mond. It did its part at Malvern H'.i. This incident should be related; "Julv 15 the Floyd Rifles were ordered to picket James River. Col. Cook Twen ty-seventh North Carolina, accompany ing. About 11 o'clock the transport 'Herald' heaved In sight, with crowded decks moving to Fortress Monroe; the signal of danger was given them, and before the Rifles could be placed In po sition. the decks were deserted, nnd no one could be seen but the faithful pilot at h ! s wheel to receive their fire. It was afterwards ascertained from Northern papers that the pilot was killed, nnd that President Lincoln Sec retary Stanton Gens. McClellan and Halleck wore on board anti retired to the lower decks when tho signal of danger was given from the gun boats below.” At Cl Major George and died in • Capt. C. R Re ty yards of th lorsvlllf or Ci Ross son fre i”C TV enemy’i wound-d. killed in thir- his death, the command fell A. A. Freeman, who was taken prisoner and then W. W. Richardson. Antoni were killed were Sprat. W. Lieut When he feels he is far- from the haunts of men. And the wind still moans In sad min strelsy Through the towering pines like the murmuring sea. Rifles of 1861 heard the deadly can nonading of gunboats, and heard the exigency. Capt. Thomas Hardeman said, in his address alluded to above: "I was then at the Federal capital in Washington in the discharge of my Congressional duties. Walking on Pennsylvania avenue I received infor- , W. G. Clarke, mation of the company’s resolution, and immediately telegraphed them: 'Ruth, 1: verse 16.* ” In the event there may be some reader of The Telegraph who is not a biblical student. I will quote verse 16: “And Ruth said intreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go: and where thou lodg- est. I will lodge: thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.” On January 23. 1S61, Hardeman res'gned his seat in Congress, and returned to Macon to cast his destinies with tho Rifles in the fortunes of war. afterwar linen Lie! others w C. Reddir Cnrpl. G. W. Scattergood Privates John Pritchett. .T. IT. .Toni'S. Samuel Ritten- bery. James Roland. A. C. Price H, W. Daniel' N. M. Young. David WeUg kmong those who died frmi wounds in prison were Archibald Harman. John Martin. Jacob Rosen fold t, Elijah Tavlnr. Henry H. Young, .T. R. Thomas nnd A. .f. Lagerquist. Numbers of others were wounded or captured. The Rifles had nlneeeo-n killed forty-one wounded and fifteen taken prisoners. The. following sll- tren Rifles died In camp: J. T. Bird. W. T. Bledsoe John Bowman, W. A,. Callaway, I. X. Cherry. George Ernest, A. I. J. Lagerquist. D. C. Mitchell. John McLain. Robert Martin. W. R. Munson W. B. Parker. S. TV. Smlthfv, John Smithey. J. Comer Shaw and Marc A. Wingfield. F. M. Heath l'st On April 19, 18661. President jef- j an arm near Appomattox and at Spolt- ferson Davis of the Confederacv tele- *>'vania Court House V. W. Chain I lost an arm. nder at Appomattox roar of the great battle between the I graphed to Gov. Brown, of Georgia. S l0 ^ a " h ar ™' [Monitor and the Merrlmac, combats - . - rne suit* as daring and brilliant as have ever ^uo°r three compames t- - I mediately to Norfolk, Va. In been recorded in the annals of the j re *P° nse Went W. J. F. Rc world’s navies. The Rifles of 1907 i B .^ wn A. the . -l r ’?f on Ro '"' c - <?• Burnett. F will Corpl. C. L. M. Freeman, s navies. The Rifles of 1907 ' \ v m V-, -, RoS!? ’ C ' Burnett, F. M. Freeman, return home in health and 1 Volunteers Capt. Smith: Floyd Rifles. , Znck Gun. J. T. Hartley Charles Wll- ■th Mflnv of the Rifles in 1861 i C ? p i Hardeman: City Light Guards J let. H. M. Lane C. W. Newton. E. A. Have you heard the owl hoot from his strength. Many of the Rifles in 1861 ( Columbus Cant' Cokmltt ' and lofty nest. drenched the soil of Virginia with spauldin- G-avs of Griffin Cant their life blood, and died on the field i S pa VJ ai , n ° f . ’ , » pt 5 : of day in their "contest for freedom S“ lofty With his large ‘fierce eyes and his in his i and struggle for Independence.” feathered crest? And the green frog laugh swampy bed, J And the screech owl chant a dirge for I The Floyd Rifles was organized on the dead? j May 1, 1S41. and named in honor of I Gen. Charles R. Floyd, a bravo and ’Tis a lonely hour for the traveler i patriotic Georgian. The first officers then. j were Samuel R. Blake, captain; S. J. As he dashes on through bog and fen, . R ay> fl rs t lieutenant: R. Carver, sec- And the terrible screech of the dismal : on d lieutenant: B. F. Ross, third lieu- BONAPARTE’S GOOD WILL. With the best mind in the world now that the damage has been done and In view, doubtless of the assurances said to have been made by spokesmen for the Administration when the new im migration law was being railroaded through Congress, Attorney-General Bonaparte tries lr. vain to construe the new law with some liberality as to its OKLAHOMA'S EXPERIMENT. No wonder the Oklahoma constitu tional convention wrestled long and bard, requiring more than four months to conclude its labors. The list of pro visions considered and adopted include about all the difficult problems and “burning questions” of our time. The 112 Solons of the convention have at last decided what is good for the people of' the new State-to-be and in vites them to put into the fundamental law of their commonwealth by vote, on August 6, among other provisions the following: The initiative and referendum: direct nomination of all officers by the peo ple; prohibition of succession in State offices: prohibition of the sale or in troduction of liquor into the State; 2— cent railroad fare; partial woman suf frage; prohibition of ownership in any productive agency of a natural com modity by a railroad; prohibiting cor porations from owning more land than Is absolutely necessary In the operation of their business: prohibiting corpora tions from deillng In real estate out side of incorporated cities; prohibit ing the Issuance of watered stock, and requiring the books of all corporations to be open for Inspection at all times; provision for the State ownership of A GLANCE ALONG THE HIND SIGHTS. After all, if Jerome had ever really tried to convict Harry Thaw of murder, there is no telling what he might have accomplished, in view of the multiplic ity of counsellors surrounding the de fendant and getting In each other’s way, Jerome had a vast advantage over Delmas in the fact that there was nobody to interfere with his plan 'of procedure. Unfortunately for him he did not have any fixed plan. He threw up the sponge too early in the game. If he had pressed for a straightout con viction the defense would 'have been only too glad to escape by way of the insanity plea. It was silly for him to shed tears over the brutality of the de fendant’s lawyers in forcing the State to prosecute for murder a man who they might have claimed was mentally irresponsible. They always had that plea in reserve as an escape, In the last resort, from the electric chair. bearing on the Southern situation. He finds It Impossible, however, to Instruct i thc aggregated mineral lands in Indian the Southern Interests as to any I Territory; a compulsory and separate method under the new law by which i sch ° o1 system: commissions to deal they may Induce the Immigration of which they are so badly In need with out running counter to the sharp points of that law. He does venture to sug gest, under the law as ha interprets It prior to July 1. when the new law goes Into effect, that Immigrants assisted by the funds of Industries interested In bringing them In would not be liable to with charities, labor and arbitration. Insurance, railroads, agriculture gas, coal oil, and mines; defining the term # negro: prohibiting the marriage of ne groes with whites; and finally, provid ing that the constitution may be amended by a majority vote. The "argymint” on all these sub jects, pro and con, might easily have The 'Washington Herald is concerned about the recent assault on Editor John Temple Graves, but is mystified as to the gravity of his injuries, since one report says the editor was "violently struck on a prominent corner,” while another says the "colonel was attacked on a busy square.” Let the Herald be easy in its mind. The editor was hit on the head but he is on top and is do ing business at the old stand. owl Still breaks on his ear like the wild wolfs howl, And the fire-fly flits In his feverish face. To show him the terror and gloom of the place And the whippoorwill wakes up a mournful strain, Which echoes back over Galley and plain. ° Tis a lonely land, the land of the Pine, As the long leaves wave in the sullen wind. And the moon shines down with a flickering light Through the dark green trees in the clear, cold night. And the traveler thinks of the robber’s den, And starts at the fancied tread of men, And reins up his steed for a desperate race, With the flre-fly''flashing still in his face. Have you heard the watchdog’s distant bay. ■ As he barks at the moon and the milky way. Or the hunter’s horn as he winds up the chase, And calls his fleet hounds back from the race? ’Tis a cheerful sound for the traveler then, For he feels he Is near the abode of men. And now after many a weay mile, He can sit in the light' of the cottager’s smile, And Test ’till the rosy morn is up, And Aurora dtps her golden cup In the sea, and casts her smiles around Over misty wave and dewy ground. ’Tis a noble land, the land of the pine, As you view it well In the bright sunshine, When the owl has flown to his hollow nest. And the frog puts on his muddy vest; And the fire-fly’s lamp can shine no more And the winds have hushed their dis mal roar, And the lone whippoorwill has flown away * To deeper shades from the light of day. tenant. The membership of the com pany, rank and file, was fifty-six. First Sergeant W. D. Griffin was the leading spirit in organizing the com pany. So far as I know, not a single one on the roll of 1841 Is now in life. April 20. for Norfolk. This prompt ness indicated how anxious the Rifles, and the other companies were to get in the conflict. Capt. Hardeman, in his address to which I have already alluded, said: "Who in this audience who were in this city can forget the night of the 20th of April, 1SG1. when your two companies assembled in their arm' Newton. Thomas Pritchett, Samuel D Rainey and A. S. Redding. Lieut. W J. F. Ross, who was wounded at Get tysburg surrendered the company at Appomattox. The Rifle= was re-or'rnnlzed In 1872. by the election of Col. Tliomns Harde man. .Tr. as captain: in 1874. succeeded by William Henry Ross, who loft Ma con with the company in 1861 as first lieutenant, but was promoted and as signed to duty on the staff respectively ories and formed ready for the march? i of Major-Gen. Walker and Lieut.-Gen. Many hearts, before callous and un- ! Hardee; in 1S73 succeeded by George concerned were rung with anguish, | S. Cherry, first sergeant in 1861; in and many tears stole down manly j 1S78. succeeded by John L. Hardeman, cheeks that did not blush to weep. : ton of Thomas Hardeman. Jr.: next. The assembly was beat, the good- Thomas C. Drew: next, Blanton Win- _ . . .. , . rr a r,~.r -p Woctentt 1 b)* 6 was spoken, the line was formed, ship; next, James Corbin; next the Perhaps the late H ®"ry V. Westcott , an(J h compan j es . escorted by the present commander. William L. Starr, was the ast of this old EMTd to die . Bibb Caya , a ‘ nd Maoon Guard* left He recentypassed away atarlpeold | f th d epot keep ing step to the mu- a f e - A 1 ,‘ h « ‘i™ Slf'SMS j sic of Benger’s fife, and Andrew’s and of the Rifles, Mr. Westcott vas third En ]Ish . s drum5 , as they pi aye a the corpora . There ^"e^wo °Oier com- tun * that yet llnger3 ln Memory’s ear panies in Macon n hen t , and gtirs with its sad recollection— formed, -, The ] Macon Volunteers , <The olrl T Left Behlnd y lc . The rol i and the Bibb Cavalry. I learn from , of the Rifles whQ ]eft th(lt nlght has an historicai account t , time I been called in your hearing; it was met with much opposition a e ® responded to then for the last time in of its formation, the opinion being yQur city for when caHed again se, l? r ?* that the city d . • many were ‘off duty forever.’ As tho population to pp R . l Floyd Rifles was the flrst company in third military company. But' the Ri- | .1 n TOPICS OF THE TIMES Georgia to throw the Confederate tho won a glorious rec o^ d - ^^"TTnlted ! flrst troop who landed upon Virginia’s was declared between the United so „_ So £ after the ar £ val of B these States and Mexic* the k > four companies in Portsmouth, they . . . t . offered its service to its country, but organized in the Second Georgia J* behaviorjhat shortened hjs term in the tender was f 0 * a = cept ® d I Battalion,, by the election of your company did J 0 * ® ; humble speaker as major, an honor membership 92 men _ nn . nnnv ! that time shall not dim nor years' ef- But the srowth of the company was I face „ H|g promotion , eft the cap _ ninety members. The first parade by j the vacant, j d fdi s . The' only answer Is that no on the Rifles on the -tree * °f Macon^as | Geo W Ro^ to Ihe j bas thought of it-Washington Herald in August 1841. Lieut. B F Ross be , t , on guch was the org:anIzat , on The accumulation of evidence that came captain of the company in 1843, ^ gecon(1 Georgia Battalion, the people of Brownsville did not shoot succeeding Capt. The roll call of the Rifles at Norfolk Up themselvesils likely'to force Forake: "Fully appreciating the Importance of }n ml showed 127 mem bers rank and to make his Presidential campaign on file present. Abe Hummel must now see the ad vantage of having no reputation to sus tain.—Philadelphia Inquirer. By this time the trusts and the rail roads must be regarding whitewash as one of the necessaries of" life.—Wash ington Post. The croaking birds of evil omen In the financial world are evidently neg lecting nothing to verify their own predictions.—Philadelphia Record. Former Senator Burton, of Kansas, has had his term in jail shortened f<r. good behavior, but it wasn’t that kind the Senate.—'Philadelphia Press. The Baltimore Sun is very much sur prised to note that the kidnaping of young Marvin is one Delaware outrage that hasn’t been charged up to Ad- friendly rivalry and pleasant Inter course with the older organization, the Maicon Volunteers, at a dinner given by the latter. July 4, 1843, Capt. Ross sent the following sentiment: ‘The Macon Volunteers, the parent stock from which sprang the Floyd Rifles, may harmony of feelings ever characterize both.’ To this sentiment. A few lines above I quoted Capt. Hardeman as saying that "the Floyd Rifles was the flrst company in Geor gia to throw the Confederate banner to the breeze.” This* reference, which is a well established fact. Is thus ex- cnaraccerize uuiii. ^ b'rotherlv feel- I plained in Butler’s history of Macon: evincing thus early the brotheri} feel of March. 1861, the Con- cc^en ed Ch by a pat r er^r biooT Capt * federate Congress, In assembly at Is^c Holmes responded: ’The Macon | Montgomery. Ala., adoptedStars From the New York Press. Just because a man Is honest he isn't always a fool. When a girl 13 awfully pretty it’s a sign she Isn’t an heiress. * I sysffi* e l ^wsrsus« The above is quoted from an address j that Jay, Jhe KrstJ:ag_ of Hie young | mQre a „ ke9 you t0 klss her believes sho the platform of Justice for the perse cuted trusts. — Philadelphia North American. BACHELOR REFLECTIONS f’if, h i„.. Thomas Harde- republic was hoisted over the capitol m e in e j> d June 18 1S79 at the presen- ! of Alabama, where* the Congress was the more her mother man ’ ,P " 5"?* 118 ’ , tbp Genvsburg in session and received an artillery sa- doesn’t. The Army and Navy Register de scribes a new water wagon which the Quartermaster-General may adopt for the use of the army, but, strange to say, says nothing of seats for the accom modation of the rank and file. Since the abolition of the canteen everybody in the army, except the officers, has been been expected to ride on the water wagon. pine. aYfd C1 from° f this tIl eloauent Sb and lute. It was on the same day that I People may decry riches, but they ^trfotic d orat?on ^have* obtained Mr. Lincoln was inaugurated Presl- are mighty respectful to those who manv of the points contained in this dent at Washington city. The design have them, article ° The donor of the Gettysburg of . the banner was telegraphed cviari.c t Ross who went throughout the Confederacy, and on to ?he w“r witJ the RlfleT'in 186?, as ■ the night following the same day. Mrs. second corporal. WIHO IS MOLLY CODDLE? W. J. L., in New York World. Thomas Hardeman, with her accus tomed patriotism and energy, devoted ' Pray, who is Molly Coddl ™»i4b1 is nutte handsome and 1 her labor the whole of that night j Whom the President dislikes. The medal is q “‘ te " j target (March 4) to the making of the first j And at whose harmless weakness Tis a beautiful land, the land of the Jf_ a H I ZL pe xr r r OS s called' it a Gettys- : flag of the Confederacy which waved 1 ” = a id. "because the upon Georgia soil. It was present- ° f th and y vine a ^ ° yPreSS ' th@ h ° Uy Rifle* suffered As they flourish and bloom in their evergreen pride, On the ocean's shore and the moun tain’s side. He so vigorously strikes? _ "because the upon Georgia sou. it was presented! Rififs suffered more and behaved to the Floyd Rifles early on the morn- ; Is she kin kin to Mamie Taylor, Rifles surrerert more j of the 5th. and thrown to the j That maiden of renown more gallantly at Ge J. 1 thpJr arm receiving ; Who Is known and somewhat courted e . Se T i I re for thls mIdal In May; 1879. ( from the proud recipients the first At every bar in town? , pr i^l c ® f ° r W sergeant Henri ; ; salute fired in the State In honor of But the sound of the axe is heard by day, it was won by Third Sergeant Henry G. Davis.' The presentation exercises j the Conefederate colors, were held in Ralston hall, the Floyd. - - Rifles and Macon Volunteers being in I After the organization of the Sec- , - * 11 1 . . itaris-incr The stage was decorated ond Georgia Battalion it was located a wav p ST0VeS are wearlns I , S vms ifnil flowers. On the at Tanner’s Creek Cross Roads. Or. ' 3 ta g e with the orator were seated nu- May 19. while Maj Hardeman was war members of these compa- seated In a grove listening to a ser- nines George S. Jones, ex-captain mon by the chaplain of the battalion, of the Volunteers, was the marshal he received orders to send one of his of thf occasion The assembly was companies to the battery at Sewell's bv ^ h English, drum major ! Point. He disrateh^d the City Elpht of the Second Georgia Battalion dur- , Guards, of Columbus. Capt. Peyton Colquitt commanding. It was the first mg me . | order to du t y . and each captain re- not away. And the time will come when the au tumn breeze Shall sigh no more through the ever green trees. "But the sound of the axe." Ah yes. "The time will come when the autumn breeze will sound no more among the evergreen trees.” The words of proph ecy. Dr. Pendleton’s brother had gone from . Macon to Savannah with The Magnolia, and some years later into the pine woods in Ware County where Waycross now stands. 1 have seen an old letter written from the pine woods to the Doctor, saying: “You should deportation, but those assisting them : lasted f °ur years Instead of four would do so ln peril of prosecution for violation of the law. Not a very en couraging prospect for those who •hould accept the conditions, we are bound to confess. , News from Santo Domingo indicate objection to the treaty with the United States on the ground that It places the Dominican republic under an American protectorate. Are the dusky Domini cans just waking up to a fact so long patent to the rest of the world? month'. Evidently It was not a windy convention of gas-bags, as has been suspected but a hustling body capable of disposing of a multitude of the most difficult problems with neatness and dispatch. Curiously enough the convention, though so abundantly proving its har dihood, "fell down” on the provision for Jim Crow cars and dropped that par? of the program, although the The Atlanta papers are falling into the habit of opening the day with something li*ce an editorial prayer. It j oome down here and Invest your money would be interesting If It was not so j In these pine lands.” The brother longwlnded. But, then, they have to { saw ahead—but too far ahead of do something religious If their city is to be saved. The Atlanta Journal Is also afflicted with "exaggerated ego.” "watches everybody suspiciously.” has it? "brain storms" and its “mental explosions.” and. in short, has all the symptoms of being "bughouse.” b Democratic majority had pledged out th” spikes and j themselves in that particular. Perhaps ^ crossties? his time—for he did not live long enough to realize on his own invest ments in many broad acres of timbered | land. What a fortune it would be now! The glorious pines! A friend of a friend of mine went strolling one day ln the woods ln a distant Northern State. He found a little dwarf pine five or six feet tall. He approached, and. patting It with his hand, said. “You are a pine! It is true you're small dwarfed by the rigors of this climate; your leaves (or needles) are short: you are making a noble struggle for How can the Georgia Railroad be existence: you are not quite the long safe, with Mr. Bowdre Phlnizy pulling j leaf pine of my native State: but you tearing up the are nevertheless a pine, and I love 1 you!” Mr. Joseph Ralph Burton, of Kansas, Is well equipped for the lecture plat form or a museum. He has served a term each in the United States Senate and In the Pen. Third CorDoral H. P. Westcott called gretted that his command had the roll of 1841 and five persons an- j been detailed for the service. Cannon- swered SergL G. F. Cherry called the ading was heard—Capt. Colquitt had roll of 1861—Norfolk—and twenty- ; become engaged with a gun boat, but three answered The roll of Appomat- nothing serious resulted. The hattal- was called by First Sergt. John M. ; ion was perfected in the drill, which Crimes and nine answered. Capt. J. gave it a reputation throughout the L* Hardeman, ln behalf of Charles L. ; army of Virginia. The battalion went Ro'S presented the medal to the com- ! into winter quarters in the vicinity Danv and it was received ln behalf : of Norfolk, the site of the .Tames- o' the companv bv ex-Capt. Thomas ^ town Exposition. On March 19 1852. Hardeman. Jr who presented it to the : the battalion was ordered to Golds- winner Third Sergt. Henry G. Davis. . boro. Here Capt. Hardeman severed In a beautiful address as already ' his connection with it to take the s’ated One of the speakers on this I command of the Forty-fifth Georgia occasion was ex-Capt. B. F. Ross, who I Regiment, and with him. Capt. Smith among other things, said: of the Macon Volunteers, and Capt. "During the ‘War of the States’ I : Peyton Colquitt, of the City Light counted at one time, more than thirty ! Guards, who were elected colonels of commission officers in the Confeder ate armies who had received their flrst military training in the ranks of the FDyd Rifles among them Col. George A. Smith Col. Abner F. Redding (both of whom fell gloriously at the head of their regiments). Col. Thomas Harde man. Major George W. Ross (who fell mortally wounded and died afterwards at Gettysburg). Major M. R. Rogers. Major A. B. Ross, and many captains and lieutenants. You have just cause to be proud of these men, your former comrades in arms and a grateful coun try delights to do them honor.” It was conditioned that should the Gettysburg medal be won three years in succession by the same man. It would become his personal propeaty. Mr Champ Drew accomplished this feat, but he gave the medal back to the Rifles to be annually competed for ln target practice. In appreciation of tMr. Draw’s generosity and patriotism. the Forty-fourth and Forty-sixth reg iments. Both Smith and Colquitt fell on the field of battle, "than whom two braver, purer spirits never struck for liberty, or died in its cause.” The time of enlistment having expired, the battalion returned to Georgia, but was soon summoned to the field. May 1, 1862, it was reorganized at Wilming ton, N. C.. by the election of George W. R-oes, of the Floyd Rifles, major. Lieut. C R. Redding was then elected captain of the Floyd Rifles. The battalion remained in camp un til May 27, ordered thence to Peters burg. afterwards to Richmond. Mc Clellan was threatening that city, and Gen. Lee was preparing to drive him from his position. The battalion warf among the reserve troops at the ter rible battie of Cold Harbor, May 27- 1862, which was a glorious victory' for the Confederates. Owing to the laok of space It is Impossible to give oil Is she kin to Helen Blazes, Another lassie who Has got a reputation That is warm enough for two? Is she any kin to Kitty— Kitty What’s-her-other-name, Who always gets the rake-off In the great American game? Is she kin to Sara Toga, Who’s an angel without wings A most attractive spinster Of fifty-seven springs? Is she any kin to Sallio. Sweet Sallie Lun. you know. Who always takes the bakery At every cake-walk show? Is she any kin to Charlotte, Charlotte Rr.3s, the fluffy maid. who Is in desert places Appctizingly displayed? Is she any kin to Hittie, The maid who knocks to win, The bells of the solar r’exus. The lovely Hittie Maginn? No? So? Then who Is Molly Coddle Of so much college fame? Is she Miss Nancy Harvard Under another name? Music Has No Charms For Rats. South Norwalk (Con.) Dispatch to til* New York W'orld. The ingenuity of C. Buck Gorham in placing a metal collar with pendant bells on It upon the neck of a rat has succeeded in ridding the large plant of the Automatic Machinery Company at East Norwalk of an army of rats that Infested it. The company has paid the youth a reward of 375, which it offered to any one who would drive away the rodents. ^ The bells tinkled as the rate w’ent through ceilings and walls and he acted as though he was proud of his musical adornments. His numerous relatives, however, forsook both him and the plant, whether through envy or from fear has not been determined. INDISTINCT PRINT